The World Asteroidea Database - Scytaster obtusus Perrier, 1875

Asteroidea name details

Scytaster obtusus Perrier, 1875

AphiaID

378779 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:378779)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Synonym according to A.M. Clark (1967))

Accepted name

Nardoa tuberculata Gray, 1840

Rank

Species

Parent

Scytaster Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Nardoa Gray, 1840

Original name

Scytaster obtusus Perrier, 1875

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Perrier, E. (1875). Révision de la collection de stellérides du Museum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. Paris, Reinwald. 384 p., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044107304818&view=1up&seq=338
page(s): 169 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Scytaster obtusus Perrier, 1875. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=378779 on 2026-05-10

Taxonomic edit history

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2008-12-25 15:21:38Z

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Mah, Christopher

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Sources (1)

original description Perrier, E. (1875). Révision de la collection de stellérides du Museum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. Paris, Reinwald. 384 p., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044107304818&view=1up&seq=338
page(s): 169 [details]